The Man in the White Suit: The Stig, Le Mans, the Fast Lane and Me (51 page)

8Series 6 149–50, 171–6Series 7 148–9, 150–1, 152–5, 195–202Series 8 155–8, 159–60, 204–11, 215–19, 233–42Series 10 160, 185–94, 253–4, 265–75Series 11 161–2, 211–13Series 12 203–4, 281–6, 287–91, 301–5Series 13 160–1, 178–82, 293–9, 308–13Series 14 316–17

Series 15 319–23

speed record on HMS
Invincible
67

Stig and
see
Stig, The

Top Gear Live
77–80, 221–32

track 2–3Chicago 5, 7, 167, 208Fol ow Through 5, 69, 145, 150, 157, 168, 206, 208, 211, 220, 311, 320, 321Gambon 168Hammerhead 3, 5, 6, 7, 69, 132, 145, 162, 168, 206, 207, 208, 275, 313truffle from Italy to England, transporting a 196viewing figures 66, 231, 307worldwide audience 178, 231–2, 307Zonda test 209–11

Top Gear Live
77–80, 221–32

Top Gear
magazine 263–4, 310

touring car racing 215

Toyota Aygo 216, 217, 218, 219

track,
Top Gear
2–3Chicago 5, 7, 167, 208Fol ow Through 5, 69, 145, 150, 157, 168, 206, 208, 211, 220, 311, 320, 321Gambon 168Hammerhead 3, 5, 6, 7, 69, 132, 145, 162, 168, 206, 207, 208, 275, 313

Trickle, Dick 274

Trojan tank 293, 295

Turner, Darren 39

Vampire jet car 233–42, 272

Vauxhal Monaro ‘Ute’ 225–6, 281Vectra 261

Vauxhal Junior Championship 31

Vegas, Johnny 152

Vettel, Sebastian 315

Vil eneuve, Gil es 22

Volkswagen 196, 198, 200, 201Polo Bluemotion 301Touareg 262–3

Wahlberg, Mark 145

Wakeman, Rick 155–6

Wales 73–5, 116

Wal iams, David 150–1

Wardrop, Grant 153, 157, 162, 181, 182, 233, 234, 235, 237, 315, 322

Watkins, Sid 241

Webber, Mark 39, 40, 110, 153, 275, 315

Welch, Madison 179, 180, 181

White, Colin 133, 134

White, Colonel 100

Whiteley, Richard 163, 165, 166, 167

Wilkinson, Jonny 131

Wil iams 233

Wil is, Bruce 196

Wilman, Andy 69, 77, 174, 175, 188, 197, 285Ben Col ins audition for Stig, role in 3–9, 65, 66damage to cars, reaction to 209Ferrari 430 Scuderia test and 278jet car accident and 238Kew Gardens to City Airportrace and 253, 254Koenigsegg CCX test and 209, 211–12, 213parachute jump into moving Mercedes CLK55, reaction toidea of 139reasonably priced car, filming of 71, 108, 156, 157, 161, 163, 164, 166, 319revamp of
Top Gear
, role in 66Stig’s anonymity and 68, 307, 311
Top Gear Live
78, 79

Wilson, Justin 31, 33, 38, 58, 59

Wiseman, Jim 66, 67, 69, 70Bugatti Veyron test, involvement in 197Koenigsegg CCX test, involvement in 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 210, 211lap record and 110, 111parachute jump into a moving Mercedes CLK55, involvement in 141, 142star in a reasonably priced barfeature, involvement in 106, 107, 108, 109, 146, 151, 152, 154, 155, 157, 158

Wogan, Terry 166, 167, 168

Woodley, Mark 236

World Sportscar Championship, FIA 44–6

Wright, Ian 155

X-1 177

Yeager, Chuck 177

Zandvoort 41, 188

Zwart, Klaas 44, 51, 59, 188, 191, 243

Al plate section images photographs are courtesy of the author with the fol owing exceptions: Marc Serota (MarcSerota.com), p2 (upper-middle left and bottom left); Peter May (pmimages.net), p3 (upper-middle left); Kel y Racing, p3 (bottom); Chris Leavers (www.capturedindigital.co.uk), p3 (bottom inset); Rod Fountain, p6 (bottom), p11 (top left), p12, p13 (middle and bottom), p14 (middle left and bottom left), p16 (top and middle); Algenon Brinton (www.algybrinton.com), p8 (bottom), p9 (middle left and bottom); Andy Ford (www.infiniteskydiving.co.uk), p9 (top left); Chris Doney, p10 (bottom left and bottom right) Copyright

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